Egyptian Medicine

Physicians had many remedies for many different conditions. These remedies came from things like herbs, plants, and animals. Some of their remedies actually worked, for example, in the treatment of night blindness they used animal liver and today extracts of liver are still used (ancient Egyptian medicine smith ebers).

HUMAN REMAINS test deoxyribonucleic acid so not very destructive, PAPYRI, REPRESENTATIONS OF PERSONS

We have several papyri that have helped us to uncover ancient Egyptian medicine. A few of the most important papyri would include the Edwin Smith (dealing with surgical and trauma) and the Ebers (dealing with an assortment of medical knowledge). There are ten other papyri dating from around 1500 BC to 250 AD that helps us to understand medicine in Ancient Egypt. These papyri discuss things like gynecology, the digestive system, magic, ophthalmology, paediatric, and poisonous bites. Nunn

The Egyptian environment fostered a place of medical learning. It’s geography provided the time and security for the development of medical knowledge. It had a good supply of food because of the predictable flood pattern, and because of its natural borders it was not especially prone to outside invasion. Physicians played many roles in society.

Egyptians were not always the most hygienic and precautious people when it came to their health; but they did take some preventative actions. Many would pray or use magic to ward away any medical afflictions (many believing that if one was to get sick it was the work of hostile powers, ancient Egyptians med smith)